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WATER SUPBLYl APPARATUS FOR DRINKING POUNTAINS. Na 576,932. PatentedPeb. 9, 1897.

ITM/ENTER? THOMAS F. \VOOD, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TOCHARLES I-I. HALL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

WATER-SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR DRINKING-FOUNTAINS.

SECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 576,932, dated February9, 1897. Llpplifmtion led November 30, 1896. Serial No. 613,861. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may conceive.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. \VOOD, of

N ew Bedford, in the county of Bristol and` State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tater-Su pply Apparatusfor Drinking Troughs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for watering horses and other livestock, in which a cup or individual trough is provided for each animal,said cup being constructed to hold only a limited supply of water andprovided with an ou tlet or overow which limits the accumulation ofwater in the cup. In apparatus of this class it is desirable to havewater constantlysupplied to the cup in order that the animal may drinkwhenever disposed. It is also desirable, particularly in places wherethe water used passes through a meter, to provide means for supplying aconstant but limited stream of water to each cup and line.2 2 of Fig. l.

to enable a more ample stream to be supplied occasionally when it isdesired to flush or clean My invention has for its object to provide awater-supply apparatus or fitting of simple and compact constructionadapted to be adj usted to furnish a constant limited stream, thusinsuring a sufficient constant supply of water for drinking purposeswithout undue waste of the same, and to be also adjusted to furnish amore ample stream for the purpose of iiushing or cleaning the cup.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim. l

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a water-supply apparatus orfitting embodying my invention, the cup supplied by said apparatus beingshown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 represents a section on on line 3 3 ofFig. 1.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the igures.

- In the drawings, a represents a valve-casing having an inlet a',adapted for connection with a water-supply pipe, and two outlets a? andc3, the former extending through one end of the casing and beingconsiderably Fig. represents a section larger than the outlet a3, whichextends through one side of the casing.

b represents a plug-valve, which is fitted to turn in the casing ce andhas two Ways or passages ZJ2 b3. The passage b2 is larger than thepassage b3, and is arranged so that when the valve is turned to oneposition it will connect the inlet a and the outlet a2, permitting amaximum flow of water through `the casing. Then the valve is turned toanother position, one end of the passage b2 coincides with the smalleroutlet a3, the passage h3 at thesamc time coinciding with the inlet ce',so that a limited stream of water passes from the inlet through thepassages b3, b2, and a3, the outlet-passage a2 being closed by thevalve.

To the outlet d2 is connected a vertical pipe c of sufficient capacityto accommodate .the maximum stream which flows through the easing whenthe inlet a' and outlet a2 are connected by the passage b2.

CZ represents a smaller pipe, which is connected with the outlet a3 andextends downwardly beside the pipe c, the two pipes being arranged todischarge streams of Water into a cup f. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig.l.) Said cup is or may be provided with inlet and outlet orifices f f2,which limit the accumulation of water in the cup.

When it is desired simply to provide an ordinary supply sufficient tomeet the requirements of the animal without undue waste, the valve h isadjusted to permit water to flow through the outlet as and smaller tubed, so that a small constant stream is delivered. This stream may befurther contracted by means of a cap d', screwed upon the lower end ofthe tube CZ and having an outlet-oriicc d2. Vhen it is desired to flushthe cup to clean the same, the valve is adjusted to permit the maximumdischarge of water through the outlet a2 and pipe c.

It will-be seen that the described device provides a convenient andreadily-adjusted means for supplying either a small constant stream or amore powerful flushing-stream, as maybe desired.

The casing a may be extended to form another casing a5, having aplug-valve adapted to be turned to entirely shut oft the iiow of waterwhenever this is desired. In this con- IOO neetion it may be stated thatthe valve l) is not intended to entirely shut off the flow of water, butis arranged so that when at one extreme of its movement it permits amaximum flow of Water and when at the other eXtreme a minimum flow.Hence the operator, in changing from one stream to the other, has onlyto turn the valve I) as far as it Will go.

I elaiml. The improved Water-supply apparatus or fitting for drinkingoups or troughs, the same comprising a valve-casing having an inletadapted for Connection with a water-sup ply pipe, and two outlets ofdifferent sizes; delivery-pipes Connected with said outlets andextending to the Cup or trough to be supplied; and a valve havingpassages formed to deliver a maximum stream to the larger outlet, and aminimum stream to the smaller outlet.

2. The improved Water-supply apparatus or fitting for drinking oups ortroughs, the same comprising a valve-easing having an inlet adapted forconnection with a Water-supdetachahly Connected With the smaller pipevto contract the stream delivered thereby.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two'subsoribing Witnesses, this 24th day of November, A. D.1896.

THOMAS F. VOOD.

Vitnesses:

A. D. HARRISON, P. XV. PEZZUTTI.

